Nepticuloidea
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Opostegidae
white eyecap moths, white eye-capped moths
A family of minute moths distinguished by exceptionally large eyecaps covering the compound eyes. The family comprises approximately 200 described species across two subfamilies (Oposteginae with 87 species, Opostegoidinae with 15 species), with highest diversity in the New World tropics where 83 species represent 42% of global diversity. Larval biology remains poorly documented, though stem-mining habits have been suggested for some species.
Opostegoides
Opostegoides is a genus of small moths in the family Opostegidae, established by Kozlov in 1985. The genus comprises approximately 25 described species distributed across the Palearctic, Oriental, and Australasian regions. Species are characterized by distinctive morphological features including modified wing venation and genital structures. Many species were described or revised in comprehensive taxonomic treatments by Puplesis, Robinson, and Sinev during the 1990s.